as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
I prefer to take my medicine as caps rather than in liquid form
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as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
grabbed a cap and plopped it on his head before running out
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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive
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as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
the senator will propose a bill to cap prices for home heating oil
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Recent Examples of cap
Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Pope Leo broke Vatican protocol by donning a White Sox cap last year.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
The conviction caps a roughly three-week trial during which Konig and Arielle Konig offered sharply contrasting accounts of the events of March 24, 2025 — her birthday.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Some states impose stricter caps, however, and a handful prohibit wage garnishment by private creditors entirely.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Pope Leo broke Vatican protocol by donning a White Sox cap last year.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
The program, adopted by the City Council in November 2025, requires an annual license at a fee of $525 and caps the total number of licenses citywide at 54.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
The conviction caps a roughly three-week trial during which Konig and Arielle Konig offered sharply contrasting accounts of the events of March 24, 2025 — her birthday.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
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In the early 1990s, a group called Friends of H Street sued the city to force it to limit vehicle traffic on the road that runs next to McKinley Park and in front of the home Kelly grew up in.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Lakewood council members approved four separate ordinances last October that, among other things, eliminated minimum parking requirements and limited the size of a home, while lifting restrictions on how many units could be in that home.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Sergei Anokhin of Beeline and Khachatur Pombukhchan of Megafon said that instead of cellphone internet shutdowns, operators could just identify suspicious users and restrict them, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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A day after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, the truce showed signs of strain Wednesday as Iranian leaders accused Americans of violating the agreement and reports emerged that Tehran had moved to restrict traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cap. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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